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Unlocking the Future of Insurance: The Power of Open Data, Digital Transformation, and Human Talent
Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite rapid technological advancement in insurance, there remains a critical gap in understanding how open data initiatives affect employee digital competencies and organizational transformation. This research investigates this relationship through a systematic review of 51 scholarly articles published between 2018 and 2024, using structured
Narongsak Sukma, Siriporn Yamnill
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Role of Panel Analysis in Identifying Asymmetric Information with Optional Unit Provision in Federal Crop Insurance [PDF]
This paper has a two-fold contribution, first we demonstrate the relationship of spatial, temporal and residual yield risk estimated from a two-way panel random effects model to asymmetric information with an optional unit provision in the federal crop ...
Shaik, Saleem
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Human Resource Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite the increasing application of digital technology in management practices, its implications for employee involvement and high involvement work systems (HIWSs) remain largely unexplored. Based on an in‐depth qualitative case study of Tencent—one of China's largest information technology companies—this article explores whether and in what
Wei Wei, Xiaolan Fu
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An economic evaluation of a crop insurance programme for small-scale commercial farmers in South Africa [PDF]
Hail insurance is provided by the private sector in South Africa but crop insurance (drought insurance) programmes, after a promising start, failed to attract customers. A crop insurance programme (drought) for small-scale commercial farmers, who are not
Nieuwoudt, W. Lieb
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International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study draws on framing theory to investigate how microfinance institutions (MFIs) strategically construct a vulnerability‐oriented organisational identity and how this framing influences their funding decisions during the pre‐campaign phase of prosocial crowdfunding.
Ana Paula Matias Gama +3 more
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Climate change skepticism and index versus standard crop insurance demand in coastal Bangladesh. [PDF]
Reg Environ Change, 2017 Akter S, Krupnik TJ, Khanam F.
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International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper aimed to comparatively examine the function of three risk‐coping strategies, namely savings, borrowings, and work‐hour adjustments, during two major economic crises in Thailand. Using the Socioeconomic Survey (SES) collected by the National Statistical Office (NSO) in Thailand, we examined data from the 1998 financial crisis and the
Aeggarchat Sirisankanan, Papar Kananurak
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The influence of gender and product design on farmers' preferences for weather-indexed crop insurance. [PDF]
Glob Environ Change, 2016 Akter S, Krupnik TJ, Rossi F, Khanam F.
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Risk return of forward contracting corn with crop insurance
Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, EarlyView.Abstract Forward contracting is a common pre‐harvest marketing strategy for row crops, with evidence suggesting higher prices during summer months due to embedded weather risk premiums. While aggressive forward contracting increases farmers' yield risk and potential non‐delivery penalties, crop revenue protection can help offset these financial burdens.
Chandan Bhattarai +4 more
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A double-hurdle model estimation of cocoa farmers' willingness to pay for crop insurance in Ghana. [PDF]
Springerplus, 2016 Okoffo ED +3 more
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